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dmin! J. D. FRANCE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Letters Patent No. 84,738, dated December 8, 1 868.

IIVEPROVEM'ENT IN PAPER-FILES.

The Schedule referred tdin-theae Letters Patent and making part otlthesame.

To all wlwm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J. M. D. FRANCE, of Washington city, District ofColumbia, have invented a new and useful Paper-File; and I declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description f the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings illustrating myinvention.

The object of my invention is to provide a more ready and convenientplan by which papers of value may be preserved for reference;

It consists of a frame, A A, in which are notches at equal distances,the whole length of said frame, on

either side, in which Works a-longitudinal bar, B, a

base, 0, to which the frame'is attached, and a sliding board, 1),Working in a vertical slot extending the whole length of the frame AA.

Attached to the sliding board D.-is a pin, E E, bywhich the parts areretained in place, and the file rendered easy in movement.

The notches are placed equidistant throughout the length of the frame,and are cut on opposite sides thereof; in order to avoid the necessityof the use of a spring in the operation of the bar B working in thenotches.

' The parts having been thus described, the, operation of the same is asfollows:

The papers to be retained are placed on the base, 0, i

and the longitudinal bar turned to its appropriate notch in the frame A,entered on either side, and the papers 7 are thus held secm'ely.

To release the papers, all that is necessaryto be done is to turn thebar from its insertion in the notch, and a single paper may be removed.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatcut, is-- A device forfiling papers, consisting of a frame, A A, notched as described, incombination with bar-"B, base, 6, sliding board D, and pin E', combinedand operated in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described, forthe purpose specified.

Witnesses: J. MID. FRANCE.

JOHN T. PARSON, v ALBERT Hmn.

